“KID” LEWIS TRIUMPHS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 10

“KID” LEWIS TRIUMPHS

That Ted “Kid” Lewis, ex-world’s champion, is still a magnetic force in the fighting game, was fully realised at the Ilford Skating Rink, London, recently, when a most enthusiastic crowd assembled and gave hearty welcome to “England’s greatest fighting machine,” who was meeting Joe Green, of Australia, over 15 “threes.” The house was not the “capacity” one anticipated, but it was a capital attendance, having in mind the hot and thundery weather conditions. The Kid’s ‘come-back’’ was a successful one, in that he achieved success, and one of the features of the affair which caused one really to marvel was the splendid physical condition of the ex-champion. He was splendidly trim round about the midsection, and though he was not so “hard” as of yore, he was able to display that wonderfully developed torso> of his to full advantage. So much for physical appearance! When it came to action, however, it was apparent that Lewis has not his old power of punch; that is to say, he was not able to display it during the fight; but that was not to be wondered at, having in mind his long lay-off from the game. Green, who at one time laid claim: to the middle-weight championship of Australia, was not in the best oi! shape, and after the contest it was announced that the Australian had suffered a leg injury which had interfered with his training. At any rate,, when Green was subjected to a twohanded bombardment, which was launched at him in very much like the* old Lewis rtyle, in the third round, h€s was “blowing” freely, and on the resumption could only hold on desperately in a vain endeavour to avoid disaster. It was quite evident that the Australian was booked for defeat when Lewis followed up another fierce body assault with a stiff right hook to the point which put Green to the boards, and before a count could be made Joe’s seconds had skied a towel and Ted Kid was proclaimed and acclaimed the winner.

Another Lowry In town this week —J. N. Lowry, a brother of T. C. Lowry. Before he lost a thumb in a circular saw, Jim Lowry was one of the Dominion’s best tennis players. He had excellent experience abroad, and twice captained Oxford-Cambridge teams in America.